Regarded throughout professional baseball as the "finishing school" for top prospects since its inception in 1992, the six-team league features top prospects from every organization in Major League Baseball. The league plays three games per day six days a week (Monday-Saturday) in five Cactus League stadiums. This year, Camelback Ranch-Glendale replaces Phoenix Municipal Stadium and two teams will play at Surprise Stadium during the renovation of the Peoria Sports Complex. Mesa Hohokam Stadium, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, Scottsdale Stadium return as venues.

Daily start times are 12:35 p.m. and 6:35 p.m.

The eighth annual Fall Stars Game will be played Saturday, November 2 at Surprise Stadium. The league's championship contest will be played Saturday, November 16 at Scottsdale Stadium.

The 2013 schedule will be released by early August followed by rosters in late August.

Nine of this year's managers and coaches pack 86 years of major-league playing experience: Tim Worrell (14), Rich Gedman (13), Tom Browning (12), Steve Karsay (11), Tommy Gregg and Russ Morman (9), Mike Maroth and Jim Pankovits (6), Ozzie Timmons (5) and Darryl Scott (1). Browning was an all-star in 1991, and on September 26, 1988, the former Reds' lefty became the first player in MLB history to throw a perfect game against the eventual World Series champion when he stymied the Dodgers 1-0. Gedman was a two-time (1985-86) all-star catcher for the Red Sox.

The Arizona Fall League is owned and operated by Major League Baseball.